I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that read more

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that read more

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies.

Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies.

Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold.

Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are read more

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair;
for that the rains might rust, read more

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair;
for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.
- George Bancroft,